Life is determined by the person we meet.

Japanese translation of Buffett's biography "The Snowball" is released at last next month.
I took a look at a thick book (English ver.) once again.

I think the key sentence is "Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill."
There is a mention that "Snowball" is "what kind of friends you accumulate.".
"Snowball" is a friend, not money.

My 20's life was blessed very much.
I got this happiness not by my talent, but by a lot of friends' help.

"Life is determined by the person we meet."
This is my motto.
As a sign of gratitude for my friends, I want to become the man who can help the person whom I will meet.

Can we predict Future?

We are mortal, so we dislike that we think about the future seriously.

When we predict the future by limited knowledge and experience, it becomes uncertain.

The future expectation is influenced by whether our present life is happy or unhappy.

Though we can't judge even a current event definitely, can we expect the future?

Nonetheless we investor continues predicting the future.
Will slight hope be "intuition"?

Investment and Dignity

Speculation and investment, day-trader and long-term investor, concentrated investment and diversified investments, etc.
Generally, the latter is considered to be a more intellectual act than the former.
Because higher return is provided more safely, but ...

In securities market, somebody's profit are inevitably-linked to somebody's lose.
For example, as for the profit to be provided through investment to the commodity market, there may be even possibility taking somebody's life away as well as somebody's money.

Therefore, regardless of investment technique, dignity is lack.

The fall of investment bank by this financial crisis clarified that the profit and the prosperity that were provided abandoning dignity are only temporary things.

Sooner or later we will lose both the wealth and the happiness if we lose dignity as the person.

In comparison with it, the salary by our working is beautiful.
The money that somebody understands our work and pays arrives at our hands.
Unlike a securities market, joy and satisfaction have economic value and are changed with money.

Even if no matter how much I succeeded in investment, I will try to never forget the importance of working.

Don't depend on luck.

Luck is sort of vague. But there is surely it.

I don't want to depend on luck if possible.
Because I feel that Depending on luck seems to be resignation to myself.
I believe myself and want to make an effort than I pursue luck.

I think that person with heart to believe oneself is a genius.

Wealth and Happiness

If the person thinking "Money makes me happiness." gets money, he (or she) can never find happiness.
Because, even if his property increase, his human value doesn't change.

I think that our happiness is connected with our work rather than our wealth.
Job satisfaction will decide our happiness or unhappiness.

In addition, money gained by our work is beautiful.
The money that somebody understands our work and paid arrives at our hand.
Unlike stock market, joy and satisfaction have economic value and are changed for money.

I don't want to put too much effort on saving money on investment.

Do you look for the right timing?

As for the investment, a timing is important.
However, unfortunately we do not understand whether this timing is good or bad, and we will understand it later.
It is important that the courage which we believe ourselves and take a step forward.

The same could be said of our life.

We don't have much time to make many excuses, for example "I'll wait a bit longer" and "I can't do until I take care of this matter.".
The life is limited.

We must carefully compare in our minds that we might hope to make our principal work.
And if we decide which is of the greatest value, we should renounce our other interests and devote ourselves to that one thing only.

Bet on intuition?

Yoshiharu Habu says in his book "70% of the intuition is right".

The intuition is working unconsciously, but I think that enormous data based on knowledge and experience are handled in our brain.

On the other hand, we can't often give an answer without intuition even if we think desperately.
It may be caused by the shortage of knowledge and experience.

If we pursue the things that we love, our intuition will work definitely.

The word of wisdom by the great man

"Obey intuition, if you want to create." Leonardo da Vinci

"Inspiration is born, if you run a risk and bet on intuition." Taro Okamoto

All happiness is in the mind.

The person who had fame and fortune is generally considered to be happiness.
However, let's notice that the person who is unrelated to such a thing lives happily.
All happiness is in the mind.

Public capitalism

Mr. George Hara attracts attention recently in Japan.
He tells that "the corporation should give priority to profit of the whole society over the profit of the stockholder" and denies the recent theory of stockholder or finance capitalism.
He calls this "Public capitalism" as form of new capitalism.
That's Japanese way of looking at things.
If a person like him plays an active part in the world, Japan will have a bright future.

My favorite book

"Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness)" to be considered to be the one of the excellent essays in Japan was written by Kenko Yoshida in the 14th century.
I think that this book is the Japanese version of "Essais" by Montaigne and "Ta eis heauton" by Marcus Aurelius.
There is English translation by Professor Donald Keene.